A Clash of Gods - Chapter 1055

[Chapter 1045 Accounts]

Xin Ci clapped his hands and said, “Master Hou’s move is really wonderful. The last commander has been worrying about how to start the re-opening of maritime trade. Master Hou came up with the idea of setting up Haibo Division. It’s really smart and urgent.” He frowned and said, “But I am worried about the future. This Haibo Division can be established, but it is not possible to continue trade.”

“What does General Xin mean?”

“Master Hou, the imperial court’s northern expedition is imminent, and everything else must take this matter first.” Xin Ci whispered, “The weapons and silver taels seized this time will be sent to the capital and included in the national treasury. Even so, once the war is not as good as As expected, the current treasury cannot support it at all, so it is impossible for the imperial court to allocate money to other places. The establishment of the Haibo Division will naturally cost a lot of money, sea trade and navigation, procurement of goods, and materials needed to go to sea. , Sailor’s wages, all this requires a lot of money, and the court is afraid that it will not be able to allocate the money.”

“Actually, I have also considered this.” Qi Ning said, “If you really want to open the navigation as soon as possible, then you must raise money. I also thought of an idea here.”

Xin Ci asked with great interest, “I wonder what idea Hou Ye came up with?”

“As far as I know, when Jiang’s family was open to shipping, they didn’t have the financial resources to open air routes.” Qi Ning said, “The Jiang family has joined forces with more than a dozen merchants, large and small, in the East China Sea to raise a large amount of money. This is how the trade fleet is formed, and so far these merchants have also taken a lot of dividends from maritime trade every year.”

Xin Ci understood and said in a low voice, “Isn’t the Marquis ready?”

Qi Ning smiled and said, “The court can’t get any money, so it can raise funds from the merchants. General Xin, I can guarantee that as soon as this rumor goes out, there will be a lot of merchants who want to participate.”

Xin Ci sighed, “In the beginning of maritime trade, you may have to put some money in, but once the trade is smooth, then you will definitely make money without loss. Although the Jiang family has become the richest man in the East China Sea through maritime trade for so many years, the merchants involved are also all I have earned a lot of money.” Wei Yi pondered, and then said with a little worry, “Master Hou, you have written to the court to set up Haibo Division, the purpose of which is to transfer the right of maritime trade from the local tyrants to the hands of the court. If this If you continue to raise silver taels from the merchants at one time, is that still going the old way?”

Qi Ning shook his head and said, “That won’t happen. I will raise silver taels in advance, and I won’t find people from the East China Sea merchants. I plan to raise silver taels from other places after the establishment of Haibo Division, but any merchants who can get silver taels, although They will not pay them dividends every year, but within three years, they will repay them with the principal and interest, and they will become the permanent registered merchants of Haibos. Regardless of whether they ship or purchase goods, they will be given priority and given them a certain amount of money. share.”

Xin Ci said, “Since the Marquis has this idea, you can report this matter to the court in the book.” He lowered his voice and said, “The last general will also send another letter to the old marquis, urging the old marquis to do everything possible to facilitate this matter.”

Qi Ning smiled and said, “This is a good thing for the country and the people. If the old marquis can lend a hand to help, this matter will definitely be twice the result with half the effort.” After a pause, he said, “General Xin, you said earlier that the Black Tiger Sharks would be allowed to enter. Navy, I don’t think this is appropriate, do you think there will be problems if they are responsible for the transportation of maritime trade?”

Xin Ci was startled, never expected Qi Ning to have such an idea. After being silent for a while, he frowned and said softly, “Master Hou is planning to let these people belong to the Haibo Division?”

“Once we continue to carry out maritime trade, we will naturally need a merchant fleet at sea.” Qi Ning said, “The size of the Jiang family’s merchant fleet is not small, but in the future, Haibo’s fleet will be even larger than the Jiang family’s fleet. There will also be more sailors needed.”

“Master Hou, there are seven or eight hundred people under the Black Tiger Shark. These people are extremely good at water, and many of them have navigation skills.” Xin Ci said thoughtfully, “In the past, the fleets that went to Nanyang were mainly composed of It consists of two teams, one is the sailor who is responsible for sailing the boat, and the other is the escort who is responsible for safety. The guards on every cargo ship of the Jiang family’s fleet are not less than the sailors. There is not a small amount of money on these guards.

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“Indeed.”

“Though the black tiger sharks are a rabble, they are desperadoes. They are daring, but they also dare to fight for their lives.” Xin Ci said, “If it takes a month or two to train these people, their combat effectiveness will definitely not be weak. , In this way, they can be both sailors and escorts, killing two birds with one stone, and the cost of trade will be greatly reduced.”

Qi Ning clapped his hands and smiled and said, “General Xin said that, that’s what I thought. If these hundreds of people are recruited into the Haibo Division, and they use the salary of the imperial court to run errands for the imperial court, it will not only save them from bringing them back to their hometowns. Uncertain and troublesome, and being able to serve the country, can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.”

“Master Marquis, if these people are really willing to serve the court, then naturally they can’t ask for it.” Xin Ci whispered, “But at the end of the day, I will dare to say something, I’m afraid that this group of people can’t stop eating shit. If they cause trouble again, then Can?”

Qi Ning nodded slightly and said, “General Xin’s concerns are not unreasonable. I have also thought about it carefully in the past two days. If they do not repent, they will indeed bring great trouble.”

“Haibo Si was established by the court at the request of the Hou Ye, and the Hou Ye recommended this group of people to enter the Hai Bo Division. Once an accident occurs, the Hou Ye will be involved.” Xin Ci reminded kindly, “This matter, the Hou Ye still needs Think about it a lot, and don’t leave troubles for yourself.”

Qi Ning smiled slightly and said, “Thank you General Xin for reminding me, I will consider it carefully.”

Before dusk, the three papers had already been written. After Xin Ci prepared the papers, he gave them to Qi Ning for a look. Qi Ning glanced at them and said nothing. Chen Ting also sent the papers over there. Seeing that the content of Chen Ting’s excerpts is not much different from what was discussed before, and Chen Ting’s literary background, the words are naturally very gorgeous.

After Zhezi was sent away, Xin Ci first bid farewell to Qi Ning and returned to the naval camp, while Qi Ning instructed Chen Ting to collect carriages and horses in the East China Sea, ready to transport the weapons and goods on the warship to the capital at any time.

The quantity of supplies was too huge, and the number of carriages and horses needed to be transported to the capital was naturally a huge amount. Chen Ting was instructed by Qi Ning, and naturally did not dare to neglect, and immediately mobilized the carriages and horses inside and outside Gulin City, and sent them to the water. Shi Daying, and Qi Ning also asked Chen Ting to send all the accounts collected from the Jiang family to the inn. The letter and the evidence of conspiracy were naturally not found, but when it comes to the accounts of the Jiang family’s trade transactions, two large boxes were found.

Since Qi Ning had an order, Chen Ting naturally did not dare to delay, and immediately sent someone to send all the accounts to the post house from the confiscated items.

Qi Ning did not return to the inn immediately, but took time to visit Qin Yuege. Qin Yuege went to Jiang’s pier almost alone that day. Jiang Mantian, who had been tensing up all the time, saw Qin Yuege and knew that something was wrong. , sent someone to kill Qin Yuege and buy some time for the Jiang family’s fleet to escape, but Qin Yuege desperately escaped and brought back the news in time, but she was also seriously injured. , Qin Yuege really couldn’t participate in it.

Fortunately, Qin Yuege has good martial arts skills and a strong body. He was sent to the city for treatment. In the past few days, he has recovered a lot. Qi Ning personally visited, but Qin Yuege was also grateful.

Qi Ning comforted a few words. Seeing that Qin Yuege was still recovering, he didn’t stay much longer. Before dark, he returned to the inn, and as soon as he entered the house, Mrs. Tian greeted him and said, “Master Hou, someone sent two of them just now. The big box is said to be the account sent by Lord Hou.” Pointing to the corner, he said, “The box is locked, and they left the key here.” Taking the key and handing it to Qi Ning, Qi Ning took the key and smiled. Didn’t you take a peek at it yourself?”

Tian Xuerong said angrily, “This is an account sent by Lord Hou. I don’t have the guts to peek at it. If you don’t believe me, see for yourself if you have been passively played.”

Qi Ning smiled and said, “Actually, these accounts are sent to you to see.” As he walked towards the two large boxes, “These are all the bills collected from the Jiang family. The Jiang family has been engaged in maritime trade for so many years. All the essence, It’s in this batch of accounts.”

Tian Xuerong was born in a businessman. Hearing Qi Ning’s words, he was immediately interested and walked over with his waist twisted. Qi Ning had already opened the box and the lamp was lit in the house. Qi Ning motioned to Tian Xuerong, who had just come over, to put the oil lamp on. Come over, Tian Xuerong obediently went over to get the oil lamp, held it in her hand and walked to the box, only to see that the box was full of ledgers, and the two large boxes added up to hundreds of books. It can be seen that the interest relationship formed around maritime trade is extremely huge.

Tian Xuerong couldn’t help but ask, “Master Hou, are you trying to find the Jiang family’s accomplices from the accounts?”

Qi Ning was stunned, then looked at Tian Xuerong and said, “What do you think?”

“This!” Tian Xuerong said worriedly, “Master Hou, in this account, I’m afraid there is also a Tian family medicine shop in it!”

“Oh” from Qi Ning, Tian Xuerong said in a low voice, “The Jiang family brought back a lot of goods from Nanyang, some of which are medicinal materials, and those medicinal materials are only available in Nanyang. If they are added to the prescription, many difficult diseases can be treated. , so many medicine stores in the capital will buy a batch of goods from the Jiang family, and our Tian family medicine store is no exception.”

Qi Ning frowned and said, “This is not good. It turns out that the Tian family medicine store and the Jiang family are also involved.”

“Master Hou, we and the Jiang family are only dealing in medicinal materials business, and the Tian family medicine store gets a small share from the Jiang family every year, and the total amount is only ten pounds!” Tian Xuerong hurriedly explained, “Besides that, really I really have no other contacts, and I haven’t even seen Jiang Mantian before.”

Qi Ning sighed and whispered close to his wife’s ear, “I really want to investigate, but no one cares whether you are innocent or not. Later, I will write off the accounts between you and their family. How should you thank me? ”

Seeing the smile in Qi Ning’s eyes, Tian Xuerong didn’t understand what Qi Ning meant, she bit her lip and whispered, “I and I are yours, you can do whatever you want!”

Qi Ning laughed, patted Tian Xuerong’s plump buttocks, and chuckled, “Don’t worry, this account is not for tracking down Yu Dang, but a gift brought back to you, since you like doing business, I will make you a big boss. Chu Bu, let you become a first-class merchant in the world!”.

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